eloping

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Our first vacation as a couple was Key West, FL. We made a promise at the end of our stay that we would return and get married on the beach. But we didn't want to spend a lot of cash on sharing a few words and signing some papers. We wanted a quick getaway.

When Jim and I made the decision to get married this May, we knew we weren't going to have the luxury of a long engagement; Jim had recently received orders for a 400-day mission overseas and we knew we would have to have everything done and in order before he had to report for training in mid-August.